SOL DO SOL
she was in the backyard say it was a little past nine
SOL DO
when her prince pulled up
SOL
a white pickup truck
her folks should have seen it comin'
DO SOL
it was only just a matter of time
DO
plenty old enough
SOL
and you cant stop love
DO SOL
she stuck a note on the screen door "sorry but i got to go"
DO SOL
that was all she wrote her mama's heart was broke
DO SOL
and that was all she wrote and so the story goes
MIm RE
now her daddys in the kitchen starin' out the window
DO SOL
scratchin and a rackin at his braids
MIm DO
how could eighteen years just get up and walk away
MIm RE
our little ponytailed girl grown up to be a woman
DO SOL
now shes gone in the blink of an eye
RE SOL
she left the suds in the bucket and the clothes hangin out on a line
SOL DO SOL
now dont you wonder what the preachers gonna preach about sunday morn
DO SOL
nothin' quite like this has happened here before
DO SOL
well he must have been a looker smooth talkin son of a gun
DO SOL
for such a grounded girl just up and run
DO SOL
course you cant fence time and you cant stop love
SOL RE
Now all the biddy's in the beaty shop gossip goin' nonstop
DO SOL
sippin on pink lemonade
MIm RE DO
how could eighteen years just up and walk away
MIm RE
Our little pony-tailed girl growed up to be a woman
DO SOL
Now she's gone in the blink of an eye
SOL
She left the suds in the bucket
RE SOL
And the clothes hangin' out on the line
MIm RE
She's got her pretty little bare feet hangin' out the window
DO SOL
And they're headin' up to Vegas tonight
RE
How could 18 years just get up and walk away
MIm RE
Our little pony-tailed girl grown up to be a woman
DO SOL
Now she's gone in the blink of an eye
SOL
She left the suds in the bucket
RE SOL
And the clothes hangin' out on the line
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